Bulimus kingii J.E. Gray, 1825

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 14-15

Bulimus kingii J.E. Gray, 1825 Figs 2F-G, 2i

Bulimus kingii J.E. Gray 1825: 414; B.J. Smith 1992: 104.

Bothriembryon (Bothriembryon) kingii (Gray); Breure 1978: 205 (lectotype designation); Breure 1979: 94.

Type locality.

[Australia] "New Holland, Capt. King ".

Label.

“Australia”.

Dimensions.

"Long. 1, diam. 1/2 unc."; lectotype H 24.5, D 10.6, W 5.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 195910, lectotype; 195911, one paralectotype, ex P.P. King R.N.

Remarks.

According to Pilsbry (1900) and Iredale (1939) the type locality is Western Australia, King George Sound, near Bald Head. Captain King visited this locality on 20 Juanuary 1818 and stated "An abundance of shells of the helix tribe ( Helix bulimus ) was found on the top and sides of the hill" ( King 1827: 12).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Bothriembryon kingii (J.E. Gray, 1825).

Figures

Figure 2. Bothriembryon species. A-B, iii Bothriembryon angasianus (Pfeiffer, 1864), syntype NHM 1870.10.26.276 (H = 20.6) C-E, ii Bothriembryon brazieri (Angas, 1871, lectotype NHM 1870.11.5.8 (H = 14.3) E detail of sculpture (x 3.5) F-G, i Bothriembryon kingii (J. E. Gray, 1825), lectotype NHM 1975910 (H = 19.1) H-I, iv Bothriembryon melo (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832), lectotype of Bulimus physoides Reeve, 1848 NHM 1975224 (H = 19.2) J-K, v Bulimus spenceri (Tate, 1894), syntype NHM 1895.10.2.202 (H = 17.5).